With shrinking enrollment and $9.6M revenue drop Fairbanks schools look to cut 78 teachers
The Fairbanks School District has lost roughly 1,300 students since 2015, and expects to lose even more next year. Many of these children have moved on to various homeschool programs or private education – both of which have rapidly expanded as the public
Gov. Dunleavy tells Legislature that Alaska is in dire need of more people
Barring more human beings - through increased births and more newly arrived residents - Alaska’s state slogan, “North to the Future,” will never be fulfilled. This was a key part of Gov. Dunleavy’s State of the State speech to the Alaska Legislature
Fairbanks schools’ diversity committee looks to exclude pro-life perspective
Despite claims that it values diverse perspectives in working to improve local schools, the Fairbanks School Board’s Diversity Committee doesn’t seem interested in hearing from pro-life stakeholders in the
Radical woke Alaska teacher named National Teacher of the Year finalist
An Anchorage teacher with a history of promoting radical leftist social agendas has been named as one of four finalists for the National Teacher of the Year
OPINION: Alaskans need to back stronger state and federal protections of parental rights
OPINION: Alaskans need to back stronger state and federal protections of parental
Alaska School Choice celebration offers parents alternatives to struggling public schools
To mark national school choice week, Alaska will hold a School Choice Celebration on Jan. 22, 4-7 p.m., at the Alaska Native Heritage
Amid education crisis, Alaska lowers expectations for students to be ‘proficient’
Amid education crisis, Alaska lowers expectations for students to be deemed
Bill would require Alaska schools to have trusted adults carry handguns on campuses
Bill would require Alaska schools to have trusted adults carry handguns on
Mat-Su School Board member encourages teachers to opt out of their union
Mat-Su School Board Member Kathy McCollum appears in a video posted by Alaska Policy Forum, in which she encourages teachers opt out of their
Education activists plot strategy to pressure AK lawmakers into spending more money
Education activists plot political battle to push AK lawmakers into spending more
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